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Understanding Exposure and Camera Settings

Understanding Exposure and Camera Settings

When you start out in photography the first thing you need to know is how to set the exposure and f-stops on your camera. If you don’t learn this, then all your shot will be the same. Exposure and f-stops on your camera is the key to great photographs. They can make or break a picture. If you don’t get the exposure right, then your shot will be essentially ruined. It can’t be fixed in Photoshop or any other graphics program, well, that’s not quite correct. They can, but it will look like they have been fixed in a graphics program.

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Alfred Stieglitz: Photography as Art

Alfred Stieglitz: Photography as Art

As a photographer, Alfred Stieglitz played a major role in the recognition of photography as art. By his mid-20s he had won numerous awards for his camerawork, despite having been rejected by many of his colleagues. Desperate to get the recognition photography deserved, Stieglitz dedicated his life to the arts, opening a gallery in New […]

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Portrait Studio Lighting

Portrait Studio Lighting

In this video, Lindsay Adler presents a segment on studio lighting essentials. Everything you need to know from the equipment itself to the different uses of specific lighting, fill cards, and other various tips and tricks from the trade—you can find it here. The video is over an hour long, but it’s full of useful […]

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Photojournalist’s POV Covering Embassy Protests in Cairo, Egypt

Photojournalist’s POV Covering Embassy Protests in Cairo, Egypt

The following video is a first-hand account of the recent protests in Cairo, Egypt that took place September 11th through September 15, 2012. The footage, both video and photographs, was shot over a three day period in which photojournalist, Amanda Mustard, suffered through the side effects of tear gas to capture the following gripping images. The Egyptian people were protesting outside of the United States Embassy in response to an Anti-Islamic film that was created in the United States.

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Casual Portrait Photography Setups & Lighting

Casual Portrait Photography Setups & Lighting

Just because the photo shoot is casual doesn’t mean the team behind Blinq Photography took things less seriously. When photographing a pair of Ironman athletes, Blinq gave it their all to make sure that not just the subjects were well lit, but also the surrounding atmosphere. Paying attention to even the finest details, the team went […]

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12 Year Daily Self Portrait Project

12 Year Daily Self Portrait Project

We all have our daily routines. They usually include things like brushing our teeth, having a cup of coffee, going to work—you know, the usual stuff that we do without fail. But, for a photographer named Noah Kalina, routines involve taking a self portrait like he’s done everyday for the past 12 1/2 years as […]

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Night Action Sequence Photography Techniques

Night Action Sequence Photography Techniques

As though action sequence shots weren’t difficult enough, Marcel Lämmerhirt really tested himself when he partook in a wakeboarding photo shoot which was shot entirely during the dark night hours. Using the new Profoto Pro-B4s to power his Pro B Head Plus lamps, Lämmerhirt explains that the speed and control the Pro-B4s offered enabled him […]

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Special Thanks to Our 25,000 Facebook Followers!

Special Thanks to Our 25,000 Facebook Followers!

We love our Facebook followers, they are often the first to know if we have a new in-depth article posted and we value the comments, discussions and feedback we receive there. Today the number of photographers following us on Facebook surpassed 25,000! Thanks so much to all of you, we look forward to more exciting facebook activities!

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Canon Announces the EOS 6D

Canon Announces the EOS 6D

Canon today introduced the EOS 6D Digital SLR Camera, a versatile mid-range full-frame camera with the durability and performance professionals require and the creative imaging options serious photographers crave. Canon has coupled the incredible image quality of a newly designed 20.2-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor and DIGIC 5+ Image Processor with the creative potential of built-in Wireless and GPS features. The camera also includes an 11-point AF array and 63-zone dual-layer iFCL metering sensor together with 1080p Full HD video capabilities, in an affordable camera body.

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Combining Strobes With Continuous Lighting

Combining Strobes With Continuous Lighting

Sometimes the situation calls for mixed use between strobe lighting and continuous lighting. Doing so may take a little practice and know-how, but it isn’t impossible. Let’s take a look at the following video tutorial by professional photographer Jay P. Morgan. In this shoot he’s photographing NFL’s Beneath the Helmet host, Rebecca Grant, using various beauty photography […]

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